Chinese Lore Podcast

3 Kingdoms 045: Parting Is Such Sweet Sor … Wait, Zhuge Who? 28.07.2015 27:58 ↓

Liu Bei gets really broken up about Xu Shu’s departure, until he learns there’s someone much smarter.

3 Kingdoms 044: How to Get A Job with Liu Bei Inc. 14.07.2015 29:12 ↓

Approach Liu Bei on the street, sing a song, get invited to his office, advise him to give his horse to an enemy, get C-suite job.

3 Kingdoms 043: Party Foul 04.07.2015 30:08 ↓

Liu Bei gets invited to a feast, but Lady Cai and her brother ruin the fun when they try to kill him.

3 Kingdoms 042: Breaches in Etiquette 30.06.2015 29:51 ↓

The surviving Yuan brothers get a cold reception from their host up north, and Liu Bei commits a dinner-table faux pas down south.

3 Kingdoms 041: How the North Was Won 16.06.2015 29:22 ↓

Riding a wave of inevitability, Cao Cao sweeps the Yuan brothers out of their territories.

3 Kingdoms 040: With Brothers Like These, Who Needs Enemies? 08.06.2015 28:45 ↓

The eldest and youngest sons of Yuan Shao take on their most hated foe — each other.

3 Kingdoms 039: My Three No-Good Sons 01.06.2015 26:52 ↓

Yuan Shao finally has enough of Cao Cao, and now it’s his sons’ turn to get stomped.

3 Kingdoms 038: Cao Cao Triumphant 18.05.2015 29:04 ↓

Cao Cao puts a couple more smackdowns on Yuan Shao, but then gets distracted by a pesky old foe.

3 Kingdoms 037: Battles of Guandu 11.05.2015 30:35 ↓

Night raids, catapults, tunnels, fires. All these and more in a CG-packed episode and one of the most important clashes in the novel.

3 Kingdoms 036: An Unhealthy Obsession 04.05.2015 30:05 ↓

Sun Ce starts seeing his favorite Daoist priest here, there, and everywhere.

3 Kingdoms 035: Getting the Band Back Together 20.04.2015 29:00 ↓

Liu Bei and his gang of loyal followers meet up for a reunion tour, with a few new faces in the mix.

3 Kingdoms 034: O Brother, There Thou Art! 12.04.2015 29:36 ↓

Guan Yu unexpectedly discovers a lost brother, who gives him a surprising welcome.

3 Kingdoms 033: Organizational Communication Problems 05.04.2015 29:01 ↓

Guan Yu leaves Xuchang with Cao Cao’s blessings. If only Cao Cao had bothered to tell the men guarding the checkpoints along the way ….

3 Kingdoms 032: O Brother, Where Art Thou? 23.03.2015 30:22 ↓

Guan Yu does a couple huge favors for Cao Cao and then discovers Liu Bei’s whereabouts.

3 Kingdoms 031: Three Is the Number Thou Shalt Count 16.03.2015 30:38 ↓

As Guan Yu prepares to fight to the death against Cao Cao, an old friend gives him three reasons why that is a bad idea and three reasons for surrendering instead. Guan Yu responds with three conditions.

3 Kingdoms Supplemental Episode 003: The Deal with the Seal 09.03.2015 15:19 ↓

We take a look at the history of the more-trouble-than-it’s-worth imperial hereditary seal that everyone wants and everyone seems to regret getting.

3 Kingdoms 030: Forgetting the First Rule of Fight Club 22.02.2015 30:47 ↓

Dong Cheng and company demonstrate how not to run a conspiracy.

3 Kingdoms 029: Cao Cao’s Nemesis 16.02.2015 30:15 ↓

While one of Cao Cao’s old enemies submit, he gets trolled by a new thorn in his side who just won’t shut up.

3 Kingdoms Supplemental Episode 002: Lü Bu, Fact and Fiction 02.02.2015 10:28 ↓

We saw Lü Bu exit stage left a couple episodes back. In this supplemental episode, we take a look at the historical Lü Bu versus his fictional counterpart.

3 Kingdoms 028: So Long, Sucker! 02.02.2015 29:51 ↓

Liu Bei gets out of the capital and does not look back. Yuan Shu becomes distraught after discovering the scarcity of honey.

3 Kingdoms 027: Defining “Hero” 19.01.2015 29:16 ↓

Liu Bei develops a sudden interest in horticulture, while Cao Cao wonders out loud, “Who’s a hero?”

3 Kingdoms 026: The Emperor’s Brother-in-Law’s New Clothes 12.01.2015 30:53 ↓

With Cao Cao baring his imperial ambitions for all to see, the emperor does the only thing he can — give his brother-in-law a spiffy outfit.

3 Kingdoms 025: Keeping Up with the Chens 05.01.2015 30:05 ↓

While Chen Gong tries to help Lü Bu hold off Cao Cao, Chen Deng and Chen Gui run circles around them.

3 Kingdoms 024: How Do I Love Thee? Let Me Count the Ways 08.12.2014 30:07 ↓

Cao Cao’s awesomeness draws much fawning from his adviser Guo Jia, while the people of Xu Province express their love for Liu Bei through cannibalism.

3 Kingdoms 023: Dangerous Jobs 01.12.2014 30:38 ↓

Who’s more likely to lose his head in this episode: impostor emperor or granary officer? The answer may surprise you.